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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Rauville, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Rauville and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Rauville:
- 44.979687, -97.105907
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Rauville
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Codington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Codington County
- Since Rauville is near Grant County and also Deuel County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Grant County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Deuel County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Rauville
Curious and Interesting Names Near Rauville ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Florence
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Garden City
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Grover
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Grover is located in Codington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Estimated population in 2014: 171 people
- Hazel
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Henry
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Marvin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Naples
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Naples is located in Clark County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naples
- Population from the 2020 Census: 49 people
- Strandburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Twin Brooks
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
How Far From Rauville to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Rauville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Rauville and extending to:
- Watertown, which is the Seat of Codington County, lies just to the South.
- Pierre, which is the State Capital of South Dakota, lies 164 miles [263.9 km]<2> to the west southwest (WSW). If you could drive a straight line from Rauville to Pierre, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,109 miles [1,784.8 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take over two days, a buggy would take 44 days and walking would take 63 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,344 miles [10,209.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,103 miles [11,431.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,026 miles [8,088.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Rauville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Rauville to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rauville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 44.9797, Longitude: -97.1059 In this case, the coordinates for Rauville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 321.047 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 319.301 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.761 degrees. |
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